Enjoy. Then weep.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Well, That Went Pretty Well
The Twins are here here & in honor of being at G & G's house, they were introduced to their first solid food - organic 'nanas, not to be confused with Nana, the other wonderful & talented Grandmother. Pictures later.
Sick
Via Rising Hegemon, we get this opinion from the pin-headed & fascist Laurence Silberman. This is just beyond belief, a Federal judge uses the Dred Scott decision to justify the bogus right to bear arms crap coming out of the stupid NRA, an organization that does nothing, absolutely nothing, for the people that hunt in America. Nothing.
In March of 1857, Scott lost the decision as seven out of nine Justices on the Supreme Court declared no slave or descendant of a slave could be a U.S. citizen, or ever had been a U.S. citizen. As a non-citizen, the court stated, Scott had no rights and could not sue in a Federal Court and must remain a slave.
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Friday, March 09, 2007
Judicial Purge
Senators write a letter. Here are a couple of paragraphs from the letter:
While the President has the right to fire U.S. Attorneys, we do not believe the American people are best served if the President chooses to fire U.S. Attorneys for political reasons – whether to put in place young ideologues or because he is displeased with the cases the U.S. Attorney is pursuing.
We strongly believe that if a President chooses to fire U.S. Attorneys for any reason, but especially for political reasons, he should explain and justify his decision.
A ReThug Senator is even upset. On this issue, & it's a good thing. Another couple of paragraphs from his letter:
"What the Justice Department testified yesterday is inconsistent with what they told me," Ensign said. "I can't even tell you how upset I am at the Justice Department."
Asked whether he believed he was misled, Ensign said, "I was not told the same thing that I was at the hearing, let me put it that way."
Ensign said he pressed the topic at a meeting with White House officials Wednesday morning. He added he would be "making further inquiries."
"I am not pleased with the Justice Department at this point," he said. "I told the White House this morning if I could renominate (Bogden) I would."
This couldn't be a travesty of justice or of America without Karl Rove adding his own unique brand of fascism to the mix. Here is a response to an interview with that worthless skin bag.
Taking things sequentially in his statement, the notion that "U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president" is true, but irrelevant in this context. Congress is not investigation whether the President has the legal authority to fire these USAs -- it is investigating what factors the President permits to influence his judgment. It is one thing to say "I am legally entitled to do X;" it is quite another to expect that you can do X for nefarious reasons and expect to go unchallenged in the political arena by a coordinate branch of government. Given the supine nature of Congress over the past six years, though, I can understand why Rove believed "because the President says so" is a reasonable excuse.
Rove's reliance on "the president can do it" to try to shut down debate, is specious for another reason. The President, for example, has unfettered rights to pardon people. If President Bush started selling pardons, under Rove's logic, Congress would have no right or reason to investigate what the President had done. Many Republicans certainly took a different tack with respect to investigating President Clinton's perhaps-poorly-considered pardon of Marc Rich.
Second, Clinton's firing of 93 U.S. Attorneys was far less insidious than what happened here. Clinton's decision was generally applicable to all U.S. Attorneys -- you were hired by a different administration and I will replace you without regard to the status of any of your ongoing investigations. No one was spared, and thus no single U.S. Attorneys conduct was at issue. Here, however, Bush has not created a rule of general applicability (i.e., at the beginning of his second term seeking resignation of all U.S. Attorneys). Rather, his administration has apparently systematically chosen to replace U.S. Attorneys who were not malleable enough with respect to particular investigations of individuals or entities allied with the Republican party. There is simply no comparison between these two acts.
Another idiot from Bu$hCo's Injustice Department denies making any kind of threat, if you know what I mean. Much thanks for the hard work of the folks over at Talking Points Memo its companion site TPM Muckraker.
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Funny
The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged they had "covertly" funded a project with the U.S. automakers for the past 5 years, whereby the automakers were installing black-box voice recorders in 4-wheel drive pickup trucks and SUV's in an effort to determine fatal accidents, the circumstances in the last 15 seconds before the crash.
They were surprised to find in 48 of the 50 states the recorded last words of drivers in 61.2 percent of fatal crashes were, "Oh Shit!"
Only Wisconsin and Minnesota were different, where 89.3 percent of the final words were: "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try something."
Thanks to my friend HW for this good joke.
I Mean, Really
There are days when I wish I didn't know how to read. I have no doubt that Bu$hCo is the stupidest fucking man in the world, with apologies to Douglas Feith. & all men who are fucking in the world right now. But his comment to the President of Brazil is just, just,... noise of head banging on arm of recliner.
During a conversation between the two presidents, George W. Bush, 55, (USA) and Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 71, (Brazil), Bush bewildered his colleague with the question "Do you have blacks, too?"
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Oh Boy
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
Fired astronaut in love triangle will return to Navy
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Crap
Nineteen rare Asiatic lions have drowned in India after falling into wells over the past five years, further endangering an animal threatened by poachers and raising fresh concern about wildlife protection.
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"Authorities have to wake up," said Gujarat-based environmentalist Ajay Rao. "India cannot afford to lose lions either by drowning or poaching."
A thinking person can find more info on Asiatic lions right here. These are interesting cats. More here here here.
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You Go Moose
The non-human world strikes back. I wonder if this is the beginning of something big?
A moose downed a helicopter in Alaska Wednesday after the moose had been shot with a tranquilizer gun. Instead of passing out, the moose charged the helicopter used by a wildlife biologist, damaging the aircraft's tail rotor and forcing it to the ground.
Oh, the squirrel's OK too.
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Frivolous Lawsuit
As usual, it's only a frivolous lawsuit if a progressive files it. J.B. Van Hollen is a disgrace.
A judge has officially dismissed Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's lawsuit accusing a Democratic-leaning group of defaming him during his campaign.
I appears it was just a campaign stunt. What a man! This post should not be taken as any sort of negative comment on Klinger, if you know what I mean.
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The Time Has Come
Vermont steps up.
More than 30 Vermont towns passed resolutions on Tuesday seeking to impeach President Bush, while at least 16 towns in the tiny New England state called on Washington to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.
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Holy Crap
Tbogg has this exceptional musical post up. Take some time listen to all three versions. My personal favorite is The Clash. What's yours?
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Why I'm A Socialist
Lucy
Note the cool shirt: It says "Make Levees Not War".Marigny
Marigny is apparently the more, um, let's say she's less confrontational.
More of this cuteness at The Twins blog.
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